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SyracuseFirst, CenterState CEO partner to support local companies

SYRACUSE — SyracuseFirst and CenterState CEO are launching a new partnership to encourage more support for locally owned businesses. Members of SyracuseFirst, a nonprofit launched in 2009 to promote buying local, will now have access to a dual membership in both organizations. SyracuseFirst has 220 members, including local companies and nonprofits. The organization will maintain

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Anaren continues cost cutting

DeWITT — Anaren, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANEN) has continued cutting jobs in the face of declining profits and sales. The DeWitt–based company began eliminating jobs last July and has so far reduced its work force of 1,000 employees by 19 percent, CFO George Blanton said during an April 25 conference call to discuss Anaren’s latest quarterly

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Homer developer’s vision for Main Street area takes hold

HOMER — Builder and developer Thomas R. Niederhofer has had a vision for refurbishing the North Main Street area of Homer ever since he bought a nearby factory there in the mid-1990s. Now, it’s coming to fruition.  Niederhofer, owner and manager of TN Custom Homes, recently invested in the former Briggs Hall Memorial Home, Homer

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Cornell teams make finals of Energy Department competition

The U. S. Department of Energy has selected teams from Cornell University Sustainable Design and the university’s Cornell Energy Institute to compete in a geothermal energy contest. The teams from Cornell are now finalists in the 2012 National Geothermal Student Competition, which will have students analyzing the economic feasibility of developing geothermal energy in the

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SU names 16 Kauffman Fellows

SYRACUSE — The Syracuse University (SU) Kauffman Entrepreneurship Engagement Fellows program has continued growing since its beginning three years ago. This year’s group totals 16 students, up from 10 a year earlier and just two in the program’s first year in 2009-2010. The students receive one year of tuition at the university and make a

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Excellus will keep local emphasis, CEO-elect says

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield will remain a regional company with work forces in various areas of New York, according to the CEO-elect of the health plan and its parent company. “We believe the local employment is good for our company,” says Christopher Booth, who is currently the president of Excellus, Central New York’s largest health insurer.

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Survey: Major health-care plans’ costs to rise in lockstep

Different types of employer-provided health-insurance plans will increase in cost at virtually identical rates in 2012, according to a recent national survey from Buck Consultants, LLC.  The National Health Care Trend Survey 2012, which the human-resources and benefits consulting firm Buck Consultants released April 5, projected that preferred-provider organization plans (PPO), point-of-service plans (POS), health-maintenance

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